In becoming citizens of Heaven19 Philippians 3:20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. and residents of the Embassy of Heaven Church, we let go of all numbering and marking by our former government. If we need documents to identify us, the Church provides them. In other words, the State loses its interest in licensing and supervising our activities because we are being supervised by another government. If we belong to Christ's government, they cannot demand that we put a State license plate on a Church vehicle. Church vehicles have been dedicated to God's purpose. They have been removed from the ownership and control of the world. The State lacks authority to regulate the activities of a driver in a Church vehicle when that driver is a citizen and resident of the Embassy of Heaven Church.
Thus, by requiring the members of the body to be completely separate, the Church itself is separate. If members of the Church retain licenses and agreements with worldly governments, the Church gets diluted. It is no longer a pure Church, but a compromised Church. More importantly, if members retain the marks given them by governments of the world, then the Church itself becomes marked. Just as the forest consists of the trees, so, too, the Church consists of its members. We cannot allow any of our members to remain marked by the State, lest the Church also receives the mark and the plagues that go with it.20 Revelation 14:9-10 Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. And he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb." Therefore, none of our members can remain marked by governments of men. This applies to everyone in the Church. We are not saying that some members can be marked and some can't. No, everyone must purify himself.